The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-12

its Predecessor commenced with. Mr.
Powell claims that there was the sum o
Sill ,22o 30 In the Treasury whom wa
inaugurated, aud that Is all the denia! III
makes 10 tho charge that they turned owe
to us an empty Treasury. What hay,
heretofore said was that there was n,
money In the Treasury In addition to whs
was necessary to meet the immediate dc
mauds upon It, aud II Mr.. Powell will con
suit the records he will find that the obll
cations Of the State already incurred ant
payable January IL, four days after
was inau2urated, were in excess o
the balance OF which he speaks. Thi
Is bad enough, but : Il only PARTIAL,
tells tho story. We not only found thit
condition, but we also found that they hat
left unpaid appropriations for us to mec
amounting 10 the enormous sum OF $685.,
050 9S, or almost twice az large q legacy ol
such indebeedness' ga was ever before
transmitted by one administration to an
other. Not only hnd there been this ex
cess OF expenditures and appropriations
but there had been lalso large addition
to the local indebtedness OF tho several
counties and municipalities. This in.
debtedness was increased during the years
1884 and 1886 by the amount OF about
81. 100000. And what WAS B.ill. more un,
fortunate, while expenditures and debts
were thus largely Increased, the nourcsB OIL
revenue were largely reduced. Tho Scot,
law, which had been enacted during Gov.
ernor Fosters administration, and which
was yielding from tho taxation OF the
liquor traffic about s., ,000, 600 annually, all
Of which was devoted to relief from the
burdens Of local taxation, had been in
part repealed by act Of the General AS.
ssmbly, and Its remaining part destroyed
by judicial decision. We found also that
during the two yeara oil the last admins
tratton, the aggregate personal property
on the grand duplicate Of the State fol
taxation had decreased 10 the extent ol
about $72,00O,000, the:decliue in this re-
spect being for the year 1885 about slS,'
100000. 5 -'u N@@'
E REPUBLICAN REFORMS.
"Wo found it neceauary, as Governo,
Hoadly pointed out, and for the reason
given by him, to borrow a5O0,000. Thil
was less than half the amount necessary
to iully meet the deficiency and the un'
usual burden Of debt they had occasloned
but we hoped to be able to get along with
1t, aud have managed so far to do go. All
the current obligations Of the State hays
been promptly met, and we have paid Of
since this administration commenced
four-per.caut bonds maturing as above SGT
forth to the amount Of $S75. 900. We have
re-cnacted q statute, known aa the Dow
law, to take the place OF the Scott law, sa
we pledged oursslf 10 do in the platform
oil 1885, BY which, in addition to It's wise
proviBiona for the regulation OF the liquor
traffic and the suppression OF its evils,
tsxea hsvo been and will be derived fol
the reliei Of the burdens Of local taxation
to the estimated amount OF $1,000, 900
annually. We have made vigorous en-.
deavor to secure a more complete and Just
lis!ing Of personal property for taxation,
with the gratifying reault OF stopping the
ruinous decline which WIS in progress 81
the rate OF SIS 100000 per annum during
the last year Of Governor Hoadley's nd
mfnistration, and securing instead an in.
crease in personal property for tho wear
1890 Of about s6, ,000, 900, and OF both psr.
sonalty and = real estate Of about
$40 900, ,000.""
cLEvELAND's BLOODY SHIRT.
Governor Foraker reviewed the history
of the election frauds, and then turned
hie attention to National politics, com
mencing with the President. He said;
"Tho war bstwcen tho North and the
South had been ended twenty yeara when
ha became President. During that time
the prejudice that had led to it had Rlmos!
completely faded away, ard both at the
South and at the North it was difficult TO
find any trace OF the bitterness that had
been engendered by the great conflict
The people Of the South had coma to sec
and concede the error Of their cause. On
all sides, especially among the eI.soldiers
OF the Coutsderacy, there was growing
feeling Of profound thanktulness that they
had been beaten in the battle, and that,
40 a consequence, slavery had been de.
stroyed, snd they had been saved to be a
part and to enjoy tho blessings Of the
Union. The results Of the war. were, il
short, coming to be every where recogniz
cd aud accepted, and upon the basis oi
their acceptance the sections were becom-
! Ing more securely bound together in
union thsn they had ever been before. II
was believed that the day wac not far dis.
tant when the South, recognizing the jus.
tics and equity thst were inyolveG, would
with creditablo pride in doing what was
right, accord to even the most humble
colored man the full enjoyment OF the
ballot box and otherwise, OF all the rights
guaranteed by the Constitution. 500.
"All over the country, in tho South as
we'll CO In the North, and among thefex.
Confederate soldiers, as well as other
clasoss, this feeling prevailed. All alike
understood and appreciated tho fact thai
in the contest one sido fought to destroy
and the other TO save, and that we owed
nothing to the one, but everything to the
othor. Nobody talked then about the Wal
as only display OF American valor; much
less did any one ever think Of speaking ol
the Union veterans IS Atramps," " "npsu'
psrs," "psnsion grabbers," "olfice.seek.
era," "aocialists, i" "communists," &c. Now
1t Is not nuuncommon thing to hear it pro
claimed that secession was right, and that
1t Is an outrage to call the men who Tough!
Tor it rebels, or even to cay they werc
wrong. JEFF Davis has again been parsd'
cd end as ho travelled about the country
We cav him in 9 oar that had for its prin'
| ciPal decoration the atsrs and strips and
tue stars and bars inteytwined, and Alr
Grady, tho Chairman, who itroduced him
70 an admiring and revering audience 81
Atlanta, did 60 with the announcement
that twas "the most glorious dsysincs the
resurrection Of Christ" In short, We
have reachod the point where 1t is de-
manded, not that tho war ehall be- forgot
ten, as has been go long the cry, but thal
| the Coniederacy and tho soldiers Ruc
people who upheld 1t Bhall bo pronounced
acquit Of all hlamo and be remembered
only with pride and praise BECAUSE Of tht
bravery they displayed in battling sgainsl
tho Union. " q ;l3 & Z 81 W. '0S
"Why is all this so F? Tho explanation il
manifest. It Ia duo directly and altogsthol
to tho fact taa.. It has been from the BE-
ginning Of his Administration the policy
Of President Cleveland not simply to fully
and frankly recognize the people Of tht
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